Classici Stranieri

*Crime in the US is once again falling. Can we rethink policing ?*

Oakland, California, is an exception. Oakland’s Operation Ceasefire
cut the murder rate by almost half, during 2012-2017, but then it was
altered and made ineffective; the murder rate almost to the previous
level.

It worked by identifying gang members who were likely to get involved
in deadly fights, then — rather than repressing them — making
relationships with them to lead them away from that danger.